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This is a WONDERFUL film. Very much in the Garden State vein--sort of a "sad-funny".
Steve Carrell has a vast amount of untapped depth, it's clear. The first moment we see him in this film, he's in as dark a place as any human being can be, and you TOTALLY get it. "Did I mention that I'm the preeminent Proust scholar in the US?"
Grek Kinnear was good too, but this part wasn't all that big a stretch for him. It certainly didn't draw him out the way As Good as it Gets did.
The little girl is AWESOME. Her reaction when the pageant MC is singing at her is absolutely brilliant.
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